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the president today silent on the matter as he continues his vacation on martha's vineyard. press secretary josh earnest is condemning the attacks before secretary of state john kerry made this remark. including the leader of choice, mohammed morsi. >> these events are deplorable. and they run counter to egyptian aspirations for peace and genuine democracy. egyptians inside and outside of the government need to take a step back. reporter: this as the obama state department refuses to claim that egypt is embroiled in a civil war or that the military takeover could be described as a coup. we are looking at administration but still has not defined what has happened in a foreign nation over month ago since the president was removed from office. or how they plan, for that matter, to preserve american interests in that region and nation. chief washington correspondent james rosen has the report. reporter: u.s. officials say these officials firing on otesters again, that raised the specter of civil war in the most popular arab nation, america's top diplomat in a hastily arranged ap
the president today silent on the matter as he continues his vacation on martha's vineyard. press secretary josh earnest is condemning the attacks before secretary of state john kerry made this remark. including the leader of choice, mohammed morsi. >> these events are deplorable. and they run counter to egyptian aspirations for peace and genuine democracy. egyptians inside and outside of the government need to take a step back. reporter: this as the obama state department refuses to...
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here on martha's vineyard, mr. obama has spent time on the phone with his national security team and personally briefed by his national security adviser, but he hasn't found a solution to egypt's problems. >> america cannot determine the future of egypt. that is a task for the egyptian people. reporter: both the military and the muslim brotherhood have accused him of supporting the other side. >> has been done on a scale. he says it will resonate over egypt and it will not do him any good. reporter: meanwhile, rand paul criticized him for not ending the $1.3 billion in military aid, saying that the law is very clear when a coup d'État takes place, foreign aid must stop regardless of the circumstances. mohammed morsi was democratically elected, but many say he didn't do his job. >> he started suppressing opposition, and that is what mohammed morsi was doing. reporter: thousands were driven out of the country one of mohammed morsi had power. >> it not be any such place for violence in egypt. reporter: kt mcfarland s
here on martha's vineyard, mr. obama has spent time on the phone with his national security team and personally briefed by his national security adviser, but he hasn't found a solution to egypt's problems. >> america cannot determine the future of egypt. that is a task for the egyptian people. reporter: both the military and the muslim brotherhood have accused him of supporting the other side. >> has been done on a scale. he says it will resonate over egypt and it will not do him...
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he took a break from his vacation in martha's vineyard to make that announcement. >> going forward i've asked my national security team to assess implications of the actions taken by the interim government and further steps that we may take as necessary with respect to the u.s./egyptian relationship. >> reporter: and that could be freezing u.s. aid to egypt. $1.3 billion a year in military assistance. now, on the economy the violence has so far not affected the suez canal, though oil prices have been moving higher in recent days on concerns that it could have an impact. tankers move more than two and a half million barrels of crude oil a day through the canal, egyptian shipping sources have told reuters that the canal and the country's ports are operating normally despite all this unrest, and the sources said that the military has deployed significant security at strategic areas. cheryl? cheryl: peter barnes, live out of washington. peter, thank you for that. we appreciate it. closing bell, we've got 46 minute toss go. on a day like today, that's probably good news to a lot of you. comi
he took a break from his vacation in martha's vineyard to make that announcement. >> going forward i've asked my national security team to assess implications of the actions taken by the interim government and further steps that we may take as necessary with respect to the u.s./egyptian relationship. >> reporter: and that could be freezing u.s. aid to egypt. $1.3 billion a year in military assistance. now, on the economy the violence has so far not affected the suez canal, though...
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it says a lot about martha's vineyard. i would pick yellowstone national park in yosemite. let's focus on obama's terrible policies, not his choice of vacations. >> you and i have talked about this. obama's policy from the time he became president in january of 2009 has been to actively seek the rise of the islamists. this is why we saw him early on calling for long-term allies, hosni mubarak to be replaced, depots in egypt, mo mark the doctor was working with us in terms of intelligence, and across north africa and done. in syria, president has not moved on that but we know the brother and ann al qaeda operating on the ground so should a sod fall who will grab power? the president has been actively engaged in encouraging and supporting the islamist across the middle east. >> i don't necessarily believe his heart is with the islamists. i think he is terribly naive and terribly clumsy. this is a president who prior to coming to the white house had no interest in foreign policy of world affairs. despite suppose the international connections no interest in history. he thought
it says a lot about martha's vineyard. i would pick yellowstone national park in yosemite. let's focus on obama's terrible policies, not his choice of vacations. >> you and i have talked about this. obama's policy from the time he became president in january of 2009 has been to actively seek the rise of the islamists. this is why we saw him early on calling for long-term allies, hosni mubarak to be replaced, depots in egypt, mo mark the doctor was working with us in terms of intelligence,...